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Clinical Assistant II - Outpatient Cardiovascular Surgery Practice

Cleveland Clinic  •  United States (Onsite)  •  3 hours ago
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Job Description

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Job Title

Clinical Assistant II - Outpatient Cardiovascular Surgery Practice

Location

Vero Beach

Facility

Indian River Hospital

Department

Cardiovascular Surgery Practice-Indian River Hospital

Job Code

0011IR

Shift

Days

Schedule

8:00am-4:30pm/8:30am-5:00pm

Join our team at Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital and experience world-class patient care at its best. Located in sunny Florida’s Treasure Coast, Indian River Hospital is committed to providingoptimalfamily- and community-focused services. Here, you will be part of a collaborative, compassionate, and innovative team of caregivers. You will work withstate-of-the-arttechnology and will build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world

Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital offers comprehensive, nationally recognized cardiothoracic surgical care. Backed by the renowned Heart, Vascular, and Thoracic Institute, the hospital provides advanced, minimally invasive treatments for a wide range of heart and lung conditions. As a Clinical Assistant II at Indian River Hospital’s Cardiovascular Surgery Practice, you will provide professional nursing care to patients each day. A caregiver in this role should be familiar with completing nursing assessments, performing telephone triage, establishing careplansand administering medications and treatments.Your role iscritical to surgical outcomes as you will coordinate care, check in onpatientsand answer calls.This position will allow you to further your skills and help to fulfill our promise of being the best place to receive care

APRNcaregiver in this position worksvaryingdays from8:00AM – 4:30PM or 8:30AM – 5:00PM.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

  • Provide professional nursing care in an ambulatory setting.

  • Assess health status, complete nursing assessments, perform telephonetriageandestablishcare plans.

  • Administer medications and treatments.

  • Initiate CPR and other emergency measures.

  • Notify the physician and/or Licensed Independent Provider (LIP) of abnormal findings.

  • Assistwith specialized diagnostic procedures, therapeuticproceduresand specialized patient care equipment.

  • Develop, evaluate,adaptand document health education and provide it to patients and families.

  • Cover other nursing roles within the department.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

  • Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing (Diploma,ADNor BSN program)

  • Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN)

  • Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross

  • Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or ALS through the American Red Cross Certification within six months of hire in areas performing moderate sedation procedures and/or cardiac stress testing

  • One year of recent experience as an RN ORLPN, Medical Assistant and/or other unlicensed clinical healthcare experience if applicant is a current Cleveland Clinic caregiver in an ambulatory setting transferring into an RN role but remaining in the same current ambulatory Cleveland Clinic setting ORa current Cleveland Clinic caregiver in a clinical role within the same specialty area transferring into an ambulatory area

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

  • Bachelor’sof Science in Nursing (BSN)

  • Cardiac, ICU and/or Telemetry background

Physical Requirements:

  • Requires full range of motion, manual and finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination.
  • Requires corrected hearing and vision to normal range.
  • May requires some exposure to communicable diseases or bodily fluids.
  • Light Work - Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly (Constantly: activity or condition exists 2/3 or more of the time) to move objects.
  • Even though the weight lifted may be only a negligible amount, a job should be rated Light Work: (1) when it requires walking or standing to a significant degree; or (2) when it requires sitting most of the time but entails pushing and/or pulling of arm or leg controls; and/or (3) when the job requires working at a production rate pace entailing the constant pushing and/or pulling of materials even though the weight of those materials is negligible.

Personal Protective Equipment:

  • Follows Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment as required for procedures.

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

Decisions concerning employment, transfers and promotions are made upon the basis of the best qualified candidate without regard to color, race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran or any other characteristic protected by law. Information provided on this application may be shared with any Cleveland Clinic Health System facility.

If applying for a Florida position, please see the following website for more information on the background screening requirements required by the Agency of Health Care Administration: https://info.flclearinghouse.com/

Please review the Equal Employment Opportunity poster

Cleveland Clinic is pleased to be an equal employment opportunity employer.

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About Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland Clinic, located in Cleveland, Ohio, is a not-for-profit, multispecialty academic medical center that integrates clinical and hospital care with research and education.

Founded in 1921 by four renowned physicians with a vision of providing outstanding patient care based upon the principles of cooperation, compassion and innovation, Cleveland Clinic has become one of the largest and most respected hospitals in the country.

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Cleveland, Ohio
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